The McKenna Collins LLP public accounting firm employs 10 full-time professionals who provide services to clients. All professional labour compensation is traced directly to clients on a per professional labour-hour basis. Any other costs are included in a single indirect-cost pool (same as overhead) and allocated to individual clients according to billable professional labour-hours.Operating costs and data for the year included the following:                                                                           estimated                           actual overhead (indirect) costs                                     1,000,000                        1,200,000 number of billable professional labour-hours          40,000                             50,000 total professional compensation                           750,000                            750,000  Required:a. By how much, if any, was the overhead cost underapplied or overapplied? b. Prepare a summary journal entry to close any underapplied or overapplied overhead cost to a Cost of Services Provided account.  c. Explain qualitatively and quantitatively (in as much detail as possible) the source(s) of any underapplied or overapplied overhead cost.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:Libby
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1Q
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question

The McKenna Collins LLP public accounting firm employs 10 full-time professionals who provide services to clients. All professional labour compensation is traced directly to clients on a per professional labour-hour basis. Any other costs are included in a single indirect-cost pool (same as overhead) and allocated to individual clients according to billable professional labour-hours.

Operating costs and data for the year included the following:
                                                                           estimated                           actual

overhead (indirect) costs                                     1,000,000                        1,200,000

number of billable professional labour-hours          40,000                             50,000

total professional compensation                           750,000                            750,000
  

Required:

a. By how much, if any, was the overhead cost underapplied or overapplied? 
b. Prepare a summary journal entry to close any underapplied or overapplied overhead cost to a Cost of Services Provided account. 

c. Explain qualitatively and quantitatively (in as much detail as possible) the source(s) of any underapplied or overapplied overhead cost. 

 

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Costing Systems
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259964947
Author:
Libby
Publisher:
MCG
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Accounting
ISBN:
9780134475585
Author:
Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:
PEARSON
Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259722660
Author:
J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259726705
Author:
John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education